dgarretson
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, thanks for back-tracking to Sonus BG. I similarly conclude that BG does not deliver the LF grip and dynamics of AT20SS, but I wonder if AT may be overstated in that regard. Even if a bit pale, BG is unsurpassed so far on my rig in communi... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea "Once all demands are identified the design will determine itself...it is the approach of an engineer."Dertonarm, I don't think so. If it does then you should name your tonearm Athena-- born directly from the forehead of Zeus. Since an LP is far r... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Atmasphere, I had in mind a short tangential headshell that instead of pivoting vertically to navigate warps, would rise and fall in parallel with the record surface via some sort of servo mechanism, possibly guided by a laser to measure the fluct... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Dertonarm,"I teach you the overman." Thus Spoke ZarathustraPerhaps the translation is weak or I took this too literally. In any event, if I am short on criteria for the ideal tonearm, it would be enlightening as a thought experiment to have some o... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Dertonarm, were the ubermensch tonearm to emerge from its cave like Zarathustra or reveal itself as the Golden Bowl of Manna, it must have zero length and track without a pivot point, have variable mass and damping separately selectable in both ho... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 The last few Robyn Hitchcock with The Venus 3 have been good, but "Propeller Time" is special. Less cuteness and more like channeling the spidery trippy spirit of Syd Barrett. Assisted by John Paul Jones, Nick Lowe, Johnny Marr, and some cool mell... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Asa, I was not saying that trans-cognitive knowledge stems from a failure of knowledge. Rather, in literary terms at least, there is merely a caution that any attempt to rationalize full absorption of the Other contains inevitably parasite potenti... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea "What is trans-cognitive knowledge? And if there is a perception beyond formal operational cognition, then what would it see?"This question is addressed by the crack in the bowl--a complex metaphor suggestive of the failure of knowledge and the sy... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea On the deconstruction of gladius & scutum I'll defer to Henry James, whose modern perspective on Romans and intrinsic quality & universal valuation(embodied in the ideal of perfect marriage) is captured in the symbol of the Golden Bowl. Pe... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Kostas_1, classical economics is helpful in explaining valuations on luxury goods like tonearms, insofar as the theory of marginal utility accounts for diminishing returns. However esoteric consumer behaviors relating to tonearm purchases requires... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro, Did you flatten the cartridge body with or without the LC stylus? If the stylus survives, please send it to me and I will personally torture it by grinding it into vinyl for some 2000 hrs. | |
| The Great Vinyl Debate With a linear arm it is critical for the air manifold to be exactly parallel with the plinth and wand length to be set so the stylus will obtain perfect zenith. If this set-up is not achieved then the linear arm will perpetuate a constant tracking... | |
| The Great Vinyl Debate The last discounted LPs that I purchased at the dawn of the CD era were mostly marked $5.99-- about $15 in 2010 dollars. Today most of the discounted new issues at the indie store are very close to this price, and some are cheaper. Not bad conside... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have no experience with Azden YM10C, but YM-P50VL (Vital Nude LC Stylus)-- which garnered previous praise on this thread-- sounds fine. | |
| Your favorite 3 rooms at RMAF I missed some rooms but at SOTA was most impressed by:Kaiser speakers w/GTE electronics & new Fono Acustica cables.Classic Audio Reproduction field coil horns w/AtmaSphere.VTL w/Wilson Sasha.Below the stratosphere I particularly liked Quad spk... |